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Fortify Application Defender vs Klocwork comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
4.3
Fortify Application Defender's support feedback varies, with helpful responses but issues in knowledge, speed, and communication post-HP acquisition.
Sentiment score
5.0
Klocwork offers highly rated, proactive technical support with quick issue resolution, available in over thirty countries.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.8
Fortify Application Defender needs better old compiler support, language coverage, scan speed, integration, interface, licensing, and technical support.
Sentiment score
4.9
Klocwork faces performance, language support, and usability issues, causing false warnings, slow updates, and limited Agile tool integration.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
4.7
Users find Fortify Application Defender scalable but note challenges with infrastructure, licensing, and handling complex codes effectively.
Sentiment score
7.2
Klocwork demonstrates excellent scalability and adaptability for teams of all sizes, integrating well with various infrastructures and tools.
 

Setup Cost

No sentiment score available
Fortify Application Defender's pricing is complex and costly, with fees ranging from $900 to over $200,000 annually.
Sentiment score
8.5
Klocwork provides flexible licensing and competitive pricing, justified by its capabilities, suitable for both small and large organizations.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
9.0
Fortify Application Defender is praised for its stability and effectiveness, consistently receiving high user ratings and satisfaction.
Sentiment score
8.6
Klocwork is praised for stability and reliability, despite performance updates and network-related connectivity issues some users experience.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
7.9
Fortify Application Defender offers real-time analysis, ease of use, integration, and effective security defect identification and elimination.
Sentiment score
8.2
Klocwork enhances software quality with static code analysis, integrating smoothly with CI and IDEs for efficient defect detection.
 

Categories and Ranking

Fortify Application Defender
Ranking in Application Security Tools
33rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Klocwork
Ranking in Application Security Tools
23rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (16th), Static Code Analysis (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Fortify Application Defender is 0.7%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Klocwork is 1.4%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Security Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Saroj-Patnaik - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable solution with excellent machine learning algorithms but expensive and lacking support
I primarily use Fortify Application Defender to assess whether our products can defend against applications Fortify Application Defender's most valuable features are machine learning algorithms, real-time remediation, and automatic vulnerability notifications. Fortify Application Defender gives…
AnirbanSarkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Lets you find defects during the development phase, so you don't have to wait till the development is over to find and address flaws
What needs improvement in Klocwork, compared to other products in the market, is the dashboard or reporting mechanisms that need to be a bit more flexible. The Klocwork dashboard could be improved. Though it's good, it's not as good as some of the other products in the market, which is a problem. The reporting could be more detailed and easier to sort out because sorting in Klocwork could be a bit more time-consuming, mainly when sorting defects based on filters, compared to how it's done on other tools such as Coverity. What I'd like added in the next release of Klocwork is the peer code review Cahoots which used to be a part of Klocwork, and the architecture analysis and both have been taken out of Klocwork. I found the two critical for specific deployments, so if those can be brought back to Klocwork, that would be very good.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Government
9%
Educational Organization
40%
Manufacturing Company
19%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
3%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortify Application Defender?
I find the configuration of rules in Fortify Application Defender useful. Its integration is also easy.
What needs improvement with Fortify Application Defender?
The product should integrate industry-standard code review tools internally with its system. This would streamline the coding process, as developers wouldn't need multiple tools for code review and...
What is your primary use case for Fortify Application Defender?
We use the solution for fast code review. It is integrated into our DevOps pipeline.
What do you like most about Klocwork?
It's integrated into our CI, continuous integration.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Klocwork?
Our purchasing department is responsible for tracking costs. It's one of the most widely used tools in our organization. It likely does not have a high price point. I don't have insights into licen...
What needs improvement with Klocwork?
The main problem is that since it only parses the code, the warnings or the problems that are given as a result of the report can sometimes require a lot of effort to analyze. It will show all poss...
 

Also Known As

HPE Fortify Application Defender, Micro Focus Fortify Application Defender
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Sample Customers

ServiceMaster, Saltworks, SAP
ACCESS Co Ltd, Risk-AI, Winbond Electronics, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, University of Southern California, Alebra Technologies, SIMULIA, Risk Management Solutions, Brigham Young University, SRD, HRL
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